Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Turned A Month Old. These Then & Now Pics Show W

November 6, 2014

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Turned A Month Old. These Then & Now Pics Show Why It Was Not A Total Success

A month ago, we, as a nation under our PM Narendra Modi, set the ball rolling for the largest cleanliness drive in recent history. We called it theSwachh Bharat Abhiyan and were graced with photos of eminent leaders and politicians getting their hands dirty to clean up the public places in our country.

Now that a month has passed, how about we get an update on how all of that worked out?

Here's our PM at Mandir Marg, New Delhi when the abhiyan was launched.

Source - PTI

Here's what the area looks like now.

Source - Mohd. Zakir/HT Photo

Here we can see VJTI students cleaning up Dadar beach during the cleanliness drive.

Source - Kunal Patil/HT Photo

Here's what Dadar beach looks like now.

Source - Prodip Guha/HT Photo

Dr. Mahesh Chaturvedi, dressed as Mahatma Gandhi, can be seen here cleaning a street near Jantar Mantar in Delhi.

Source - Raj K Raj/HT Photo

A month later...

Source - Mohd. Zakir/HT Photo

Here's a photo of DGP Omendra Bharadwaj and other senior police officials during the cleanliness drive in Jaipur.

Source - HT Photo

But within a month, garbage was back to reclaim the space.

Source - Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo

I really don't know what it is they're cleaning in this picture at Krishnapura Chhatri in Indore, but the people look pretty pleased. So, there's that.